2008-03-09T10:49:28Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/43646 2008-03-09T10:49:28Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-09:/comment/2609 Anonymous What percent of the profits go to the public fund? Is it only 8%? 2008-03-09T10:54:57Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-09:/comment/2610 wanderingwill This bill provides an incentive for the states to increase private mining activities because they can recieve half of the public funds generated in their state. While this may bill may be an improvement on the current laws, in that it redirects private monies into public funds for the mining of federal lands, do we really want to increase the mining of our public lands? Why must we open up our federal lands to private mining companies?